Tulip DPD (Dependent Personality Disorder) flag ✨
PT: Tulip DPD (Dependent Personality Disorder) flag [Sparkle emoji]
[ID: two almost identical flags, the one on the right having a divided sun symbol representing the dependent personality disorder. The colors of the horizontal stripes are pastel/desaturated, and are in the following order, top to bottom: purple, peach pink, orange, yellow, and green /End ID]
DPD Symbol by @/revenant-coining, and also credits to @/dependencypersonality for the idea of the tulip being representative of DPD, very thoughtful! Those two together made something click in my brain.
I wanted to make my own take on the DPD flag, seeing as how much it affects my life. I wanted it to be full of meaning and hope for a better future while acknowledging it isn't all sunshine and rainbows.
Stripe Meanings:
Purple: Darkness when without the guidance of others, being lost in the dark.
Peach pink: Depended person, being dependant on them. (Can also represent the love one feels for them, though not necessarily)
Orange: Anxiety, Feeling anxious and stressed when forced to make own decisions
Yellow: Hope for a better tomorrow, new beginnings (rising sun rays)
Green: Growth, constantly trying to be more independent and growing as a person. (Recovery)
As you can see, the majority of colors (3 out of 5) are warm, and the orange is centered. This is because orange is associated with anxiety and cluster C pds are the "anxious" ones.
The colors are in negativity to positivity in meaning, atleast to me. Going from feeling lost and depending on someone, to anxiety but being a bit more independent, having hope, and finally being in recovery and healing,
I chose to use the theme of sunrise colored tulips for two reasons: firstly, the DPD symbol is a setting/rising sun. Secondly, tulips and flowers in general are seen as a "needy" because of how fragile and sensitive to various factors they are, so they depend on their gardeners to stay alive and healthy
I used common tulips colors, except white and the darkest purples to keep some harmony in the color pallette and to maintain the sunrise/sunset theme.